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Title: Tim Kingston papers
Dates: 1987-2000s
Collection Number: 2000-08
Creator/Collector:
Kingston, Tim
Extent: 9.75 (7 cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, and 1 half manuscript box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Timothy “Tim” Kingston (born 1959) is an activist, former journalist, and, since 2010, an investigator for the San Francisco
Public Defender’s office. Kingston worked as an investigative reporter at the San Francisco Bay Times from 1986-1995 and an
investigative reporter (1996-2002) and news editor (1998-2002) at San Francisco Frontiers magazine. He also published pieces
related to San Francisco Bay Area politics, criminal justice, health, HIV/AIDS, and civil rights in numerous Bay Area and
national publications. This collection includes Kingston’s research and writing files from 1987-1999, including research materials;
telephone interview transcripts; interview notes; press releases; and materials gathered in the course of being a reporter.
A significant portion of the materials relates to Kingston’s reporting on HIV/AIDS and the activist group ACT UP.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to materials created by Timothy Kingston has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions
and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
Copyright to other materials in the collection may be held by their creators, or the creators' heirs or assigns. Transmission
or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the
copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Tim Kingston papers. Collection Number: 2000-08. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Tim Kingston, 2000 and 2016.
Scope and Content of Collection
Timothy “Tim” Kingston (born 1959) is an activist, former journalist, and, since 2010, an investigator for the San Francisco
Public Defender’s office. Kingston worked as an investigative reporter at the San Francisco Bay Times from 1986-1995 and an
investigative reporter (1996-2002) and news editor (1998-2002) at San Francisco Frontiers magazine. He also published pieces
related to San Francisco Bay Area politics, criminal justice, health, HIV/AIDS, and civil rights in numerous Bay Area and
national publications. This collection includes Kingston’s research and writing files from 1987-1999, including research materials;
telephone interview transcripts; interview notes; press releases; and materials gathered in the course of being a reporter.
A significant portion of the materials relates to Kingston’s reporting on HIV/AIDS and the activist group ACT UP.
LGBTQ
AIDS (disease)
Journalism
ACT UP (Organization)
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)